Former Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean addresses graduates during DePaul University's School For New Learning's commencement in Rosemont, Ill., Saturday, June 15, 2013. Photo by The Associated Press

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She also notes that today is the eighth anniversary of a devastating earthquake that struck her native country.

Trump tweeted this morning that he used "tough" language at the meeting, but not the reported term.

Still, Jean, 60, who was Canada’s governor general from 2005 to 2010, makes no bones about her view.

"It was so disturbing this morning to hear President Trump’s comments reported all over the news calling my poor native land and African countries ’shithole’ nations," Jean said in the statement to The Canadian Press. "It is such an insult before humanity. For the first representative of the United States of America to speak in such a manner is quite troubling and offensive."

Trump’s purported comments have sparked widespread outrage, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Trump speaks the truth. Many 3rd world countries are ****holes or there wouldn't be millions of migrants trying to leave them. Hey Michelle. If you had to make a choice between moving to Norway or the country you were born in, which would you choose ?!